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The genuine trial at large of Mary Blandy, spinster, for poisoning her late father Francis Blandy, gent. town-clerk of Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire; At the assizes held at Oxford, for the county of Oxford, on Tuesday the third day of March, 1752. Before the Honourable Mr. Baron Legge, and the Honourable Mr. Baron Smythe.
Blandy, Mary, 1720-1752.Date: M,DCC,LII. [1752]- Digital Images
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Catharanthus roseus (L.)G.Don Apocynaceae. Madagascar Periwinkle Distribution: Madagascar. It is the source of vincristine and vinblastine, which impair cell multiplication by interfering with microtubule assembly, causing metaphase arrest and are effective medications for leukaemias, lymphomas and some solid tumours. The mortality from childhood leukaemia fell from 100% to 30% once it was introduced - not a drug that could ethically be tested by double-blind trials. These chemicals were initially discovered by investigators in 1958 who were looking for cures for diabetes so tested this plant which was being used in the West Indies to reduce blood sugar levels. There are 70 different alkaloids present in this plant, and some - catharanthine, leurosine sulphate, lochnerine, tetrahydroalstonine, vindoline and vindolinine - lower blood sugar levels. However, the toxicity of this plant is such that this is not a plant to try at home for diabetic management. The vincristine content of the plant is 0.0003%, so two kilograms of leaf are required to produce sufficient vincristine for a single course of treatment for a child (6gm). Fortunately it is a vigorous weed and easy to grow in the tropics. Artificial synthesis has now been achieved. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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The Remarkable trial of Miss Mary Laws, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Who poisoned her father Sir W. Laws, two brothers, and a sister, after she had been seven years at a boarding-school at Aylesbury.-Also an account of her last dying words and confession at the place of execution, in Aylesbury Market-Place. Together with an account of a sermon which was preached on the occasion. Likewise an excellent prayer which she composed a short time before her execution.
Date: between ca. 1740 and 1780?]- Books
Vom Umgang mit der Leiche im 19. Jahrhundert : der Fall der Giftmörderin Christiane Ruthardt und die Tübinger Anatomie / Gunver Anna Maria Werringloer.
Werringloer, Gunver Anna MariaDate: [2013]- Books
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The case of John Donellan, Esquire, impartially considered, Abstractedly from the Man or Crime; but only as to the Law, in regard to the Judge's Charge to the Grand Jury; the Evidence of Anatomists, Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries, respecting the Body of the late Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley Boughton being poisoned; and to the Judge's Charge to the Petit Jury, on the Disagreement of the Faculty, as to that Fact: with observations, notes, and references. By a lawyer.
Lawyer.Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- Books
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The legality of drug provings recognized.
Lodge, Edwin A.Date: [1862]- Digital Images
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Paeonia suffruticosa 'Chang Zhi Hong'
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Helianthus annuus Greene Asteraceae. Sunflower, Marigold of Peru, Floure of the Sun. Distribution: Peru and Mexico. It was much recommended by Gerard (1633) who advises that the buds, covered in flour, boiled, and eaten with 'butter, vinegar and pepper, far surpass artichokes in procuring bodily lust’. Sadly, today only the seeds of sunflower are consumed, as the source of sunflower seed oil used in cooking. It contains mono and polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, and is low in saturated fats. As such it was thought to lower cholesterol and so the risk of heart disease, but it may increase the risk of breast and prostatic cancer. However a recent report BMJ2013
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Viola tricolor 'Black Magic'
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
Lead wars : the politics of science and the fate of America's children / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner.
Markowitz, Gerald E.Date: [2013], ©2013- Books
A storm of witchcraft : the Salem trials and the American experience / Emerson W. Baker.
Baker, Emerson W.Date: [2015]- Digital Images
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Veronicastrum virginicum 'Pink Glow'
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Veronicastrum virginicum 'Pink Glow'
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Paeonia suffruticosa 'Bai Yu'
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Paeonia suffruticosa 'Bai Yu'
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Vitex agnus-castus var. latifolia
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The genuine lives of Capt. Cranstoun, and Miss Mary Blandy. Containing, A true narrative of Captain Cranstoun's juvenile flights. His own account of his intrigue with Miss Blandy, and the measures they concerted to destroy her father. His scheme to annual his Scots marriage, and his letter to his wife on that occasion. His voluntary exile, travels in France and miserable end. An account of the education, character and amours of Miss Blandy, before her acquaintance with Mr. Cranstoun. Her blind submission to his will. Several instances of the violence of her passion for him. The scheme to poison her father, traced to its original. The Hon. Mr. Bathurst's Speech, upon opening the indictment. The evidence at large of Dr. Addington. Mr. Baron Legge's speech on summing up the evidence. Her dying behaviour, and declaration. By a gentleman, who was a spectator at her trial, and death, and afterwards accompanied the captain in his travels through France. With a curious print of Mr. Cranstoun and Miss Blandy.
Gentleman, Who Was a Spectator at Her Trial, and Death, and Afterwards Accompanied the Captain in his Travels Through France.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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A full, true, and genuine account of the uncommon behaviour of Mr. Gill Smith, Late of Dartford, in Kent, Apothecary; From the Time of his receiving Sentence of Death, to his Execution, on Monday, April the 10th, 1738. Together with the Copy of a Letter, That was sent by his Mother to him, reproaching him with an Attempt to poison her, and his answer. To which are added, The Genuine Confession, Behaviour, and Dying Words, Of all the seven Malefactors that were Executed at Guildford, on Wednesday, April the 5th, 1738. As also a True Account of the Numerous Robberies committed by Connoly and his Accomplices, in England, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Ireland. Likewise the Confession, Behaviour, and Dying Words, of Anne Goodson, who was Burnt for the Murder of her Husband. With some Original Papers, Delivered at the Place of Execution, to the Rev. Mr. Bannister, Minster in Guildford, who attended them while under Sentence of Death
Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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The Female parricide. Being a circumstantial relation of the cruel poisoning of Francis Blandy, Gent. late town clerk of Henley upon Themes, in the county of Oxford, by his only daughters. Mary Blandy as it was prov'd against her at the after at hold at Oxford, on Tuesday, March 3, 1752, where he was found guilty of the some, and received sentence of death; and executed at Oxford, on Monday the 6th of April following. To which are added, a letter from a clergyman to Miss Blandy, after receiving sentence of death, and her answer thereto; as also an account of her behaviour at the place of execution. Likewise a relation of the death of Capt. Cranston, the principal congriver of this murder, at furnes, near Dunkirk, in Flanders. Adorned with cuts.
Date: 1775?]- Books
The poison line : a true story of death, deception and infected blood / Cara McGoogan.
McGoogan, CaraDate: 2023- Books
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The case of Eliza Fenning who was convicted of attempting to poison the family of Mr. Turner by mixing arsenic in yeast dumplings : containing her trial, and the particulars of her execution, including ... several affecting letters written a short time previous to her execution / [Anon].
Fenning, Elizabeth, 1792 or 1793-1815.Date: [1815?]- Archives and manuscripts
Elliott, Professor Thomas Renton
Elliott, Professor Thomas Renton, 1877-1961Date: 1886-1937Reference: GC/42- Books
Doctors from hell : the horrific account of Nazi experiments on humans / Vivien Spitz.
Spitz, Vivien.Date: [2005], ©2005- Ephemera
Crime and executions ephemera. Box 1.
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The proceedings at large on the trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the wilful murder (by poison) of Sir the Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart., late of Lawford-Hall, in the county of Warwick tried before Mr. Justice Buller of the assizes at Warwick, on Friday the 30th day of March, 1781 / Taken in short-hand by permission of the judge by W. Blanchard.
Donellan, John, -1781.Date: [1781]